Аукцыон

What Аукцыон makes

Topics alternative rock, experimental music, russian music, live performances, horn-driven music

For latest updates follow on Telegram: https://t.me/auktyon_official "TimeOut", NY Legendary and undefinable, the veteran Russian alt-rock band Auktyon serves up a swinging, horn-driven skank that's drawn comparisons to Tom Waits and Beck -- appropriate enough, but still short of describing the band's boundless, theatrical energy and instantly memorable melodic hooks. John Pareles, "New York Times" Auktyon, from St. Petersburg, Russia, was even more rambunctious in its bruising rock songs. Its frontman moved like a floppy-armed version of Zippy the Pinhead; its songs held hints of Slavic tradition driven by a burly low register: bass, baritone saxophone and tuba. Brick Wahl, "LA Weekly" Their album Girls Sing was a real surprise — experimental Slavic weirdness with a typically Russian sad streak (those people sure know how to bum out). The result sounds way cool, so much so that trumpeter Frank London (of the Klezmatics), guitarist Marc Ribot and organist John Medeski got involved.

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